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lip The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be ...

is a soft, protruding organ at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lip or lips may also refer to:

In arts and entertainment

* Lips (New Zealand band) * ''Lips'' (video game), a karaoke game for the Xbox 360 * "Lips" (KAT-TUN song), a single by the Japanese band KAT-TUN * ''Lip'' (album), a 2019 album by the Japanese band Sekai no Owari * '' The Lips'', a 2010 Argentine film * " L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)", an episode of the television series ''M*A*S*H'' * Lip Gallagher, a character on the television drama ''Shameless'' * Lip, the main character of the Super Famicom video game '' Panel de Pon'' * Lips, a muppet character from ''

The Muppet Show ''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a ser ...

'', the trumpet player for Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem * Lips Manlis, a criminal in the ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it ...

'' comic, portrayed in the film by Paul Sorvino * Lip, a jazz term for

glissando In music, a glissando (; plural: ''glissandi'', abbreviated ''gliss.'') is a glide from one pitch to another (). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French ''glisser'', "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the co ...

, a glide from one pitch to another in music * ''Lip'' (magazine), an Australian interdisciplinary feminist art journal (1976–1984)

Nickname or stage name

Leo Durocher Leo Ernest Durocher (French spelling Léo Ernest Durocher) (; July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager (baseball), manager and coach (baseball), coach. He playe ...

(1905–1991), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player, manager and coach nicknamed "Leo the Lip" * Steve "Lips" Kudlow, singer in Canadian rock band

Anvil An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked"). Anvils are as massive as practical, because the higher th ...

* Lipman

Lip Pike Lipman Emanuel "Lip" Pike (May 25, 1845 – October 10, 1893) the "Iron Batter", was an American who was one of the stars of 19th-century baseball in the United States. His brother, Israel Pike, played briefly for the Hartford Dark Blues during ...

(1845–1893), one of the first professional baseball players and first Jewish one *

Tony Lip Frank Anthony Vallelonga Sr. (July 30, 1930 – January 4, 2013), better known by his stage name Tony Lip, was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series, ''The Sopranos''. Lip ...

(1930–2013), American actor born Frank Anthony Vallelonga

Other uses

* Lips (surname) * Lip (gastropod) * Lip, a colloquial term for

dipping tobacco Dipping tobacco is a type of finely ground or shredded, moistened smokeless tobacco product. It is commonly and idiomatically known as "dip". Dipping tobacco is used by placing a pinch, or "dip", of tobacco between the lip and the gum (sublabia ...

, or dip * Lips, a minor Greek god and one of the

Anemoi In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi (Greek: , 'Winds') were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were each associated with various seasons an ...

, representing the southwest wind * The

labia The labia are part of the female genitalia; they are the major externally visible portions of the vulva. In humans, there are two pairs of labia: the ''labia majora'' (or the outer labia) are larger and thicker, while the ''labia minora'' are fol ...

of the vulva, also called the outer and inner lips

LIP or LIPS

Organizations

* Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particles Physics, a Portuguese physics scientific research organization * London Institute of

'Pataphysics Pataphysics (french: 'pataphysique) is a "philosophy" of science invented by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) intended to be a parody of science. Difficult to be simply defined or pinned down, it has been described as the "science of ima ...

Lok Insaaf Party Lok Insaaf Party was founded in 2016 by Simarjit Singh Bains. It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on 5 seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party. 2017 Punjab assembly election LIP contested 2017 Punjab assembly election on 5 se ...

, a political party in Punjab, India

In technology

Language Interface Pack In Microsoft terminology, a Language Interface Pack (LIP) is a skin for localizing a Windows operating system in languages such as Lithuanian, Serbian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, and Thai. Based on Multilingual User Interface (MUI) "techno ...

, a translated interface for Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Office products *

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a type of atomic emission spectroscopy which uses a highly energetic laser pulse as the excitation source. The laser is focused to form a plasma, which atomizes and excites samples. The formation of ...

Lithium-ion polymer battery A lithium polymer battery, or more correctly lithium-ion polymer battery (abbreviated as LiPo, LIP, Li-poly, lithium-poly and others), is a rechargeable battery of lithium-ion technology using a polymer electrolyte instead of a liquid electrolyt ...

, a rechargeable battery technology *

Linux Phone Standards Forum The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS Forum) is a consortium of a group of companies to create standardization, standards for the use of Linux on mobile devices. The main goal of the LiPS Forum is to create application programming interfaces (APIs) ...

, dedicated to the creation of standards aimed at fostering the use of Linux on mobile devices * Loop Initialization Primitive, a Fibre Channel protocol element *

CaPSL CaPSL is a Printer Command Language, printer command language/page description language used by early Canon Inc., Canon printers including the LBP-8III series and supported on (at least) LBP-8IV printers. CaPSL was discontinued, with later Cano ...

, a printer command language/page description language, also called LIPS or LIPS4

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LIP (company) LIP is a French watch and clock company whose turmoil became emblematic of the conflicts between workers and capital in France. The LIP factory, based in Besançon in eastern France, began to experience financial problems in the late 1960s and ear ...

, a troubled French manufacturer of watches and clocks *

Large igneous province A large igneous province (LIP) is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including intrusive (sills, dikes) and extrusive (lava flows, tephra deposits), arising when magma travels through the crust towards the surface. The formation ...

, a massive volcanic formation resulting from flood basalt eruptions *

Lateral intraparietal cortex The lateral intraparietal cortex (area LIP) is found in the intraparietal sulcus of the brain. This area is most likely involved in eye movement, as electrical stimulation evokes saccades (quick movements) of the eyes. It is also thought to contri ...

, a region in the parietal lobe of the brain of primates * Late-inning pressure situation, a baseball statistic * Life In Pictures, a defunct band from Arizona *

Litigant in person In England and Wales, a litigant in person is an individual, company or organisation that has rights of audience (this is, the right to address the court) and is not represented in a court of England and Wales by a solicitor or barrister. Instr ...

, someone who is engaged in litigation without legal representation *

Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) is a syndrome secondary to autoimmune and other lymphoproliferative disorders. Symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia applies to disorders associated w ...

, a clinical stage 3 HIV infection

In arts and entertainment

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LIP or LIPS

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